Publius Ventidius Bassus

Publius Ventidius Bassus (91 BC-) was a general of the Roman Republic during the 1st century BC.

Biography
Publius Ventidius Bassus was born in 91 BC, and he served in the Roman Army before rising to become a general. He raised Legio I Syriaca in Antioch in 46 BC, and, following Julius Caesar's assassination, he pledged allegiance to his right-hand man Mark Antony. Bassus commanded the legion in Antony's campaigns against Parthia and its satrapies in the Levant, gaining extensive combat experience.